In Russia the government punishes independent journalists. The punishment is the status of "foreign agent". Being a foreign agent in Russia means labeling each of your publications. Mark that you are a foreign agent. There are 24 words in the label. If you refuse to comply, the authorities may initiate a criminal case with possible imprisonment.

You also need to register a legal entity, conduct accounting and auditing. At the current rate, this is about $ 4,000 expenses. Journalists are actually forced to pay for independence of opinion. When a foreign agent is mentioned in the media, colleagues are required to indicate this status. Otherwise, they will be punished too. If a foreign agent is shown on TV, then next to your face is a huge red inscription "foreign agent". I don't think this is fair.

It is not customary for journalists to protest. We eschew activism because it seems to interfere with being objective. So I decided to protest as a musician. I wrote the song and made the video. I turned the clip into an NFT token. Now there are 41 journalists on the list of foreign agents. In total, they need about $ 160,000 to pay the costs of getting on the list. This is the starting price of the NFT token. The owner of the token receives all rights to the song "foreign agent" and the dividends that it will bring. For any use.